playground
Syllables: play·groundUK/ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/
playground noun: a large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides).
Noun
playground (plural playgrounds)
- A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides).
- The kids have to go to the playground during recess, no matter the weather.
- The local council have set up a new playground, equipped with slides, swings, and a climbing wall.
- Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.
- The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground.
- Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, pages 457-458
- A sandbox for testing calls to an application programming interface.
playground meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
playground in Hindi
- open space for children to play in
- खेल का मैदान khel kā maidān, क्रीड़ास्थल krīṛāsthal
playground in Tamil
- ஆடுகளம், விளையாட்டுத் திடல், நடவடிக்கைகளுக்கான தடையற்றதும், எளிதானதும், களிப்பூட்டுவதுமான களம்
playground in Marathi
- खेळाचे मैदान
playground in Urdu
- open space for children to play in
- بازی گاہ bāzī gāh, تَفْرِیح گاہ tafrīh gāh, کھیل کا مَیدان khel kā maidān, بازیچہ bāzīca, بازیچہ اطفال bāzīca-e-atfāl, بازیچہ طفلاں bāzīca-e-tiflā̃
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- playground in Bengali
- খেলার মাঠ
- playground in Telugu
- ఆట స్థలం, ఆటస్థలం, ఆట మైదానం
- playground in Malayalam
- കളിസ്ഥലം, ക്രീഡോദ്ദേശം, ക്രീഡാസ്ഥാനം, ഉപക്രീഡ
- playground in Kannada
- ಆಟದ ಮೈದಾನ, ಆಟದ ಬಯಲು
- playground in Punjabi
- ਖੇਡ ਦਾ ਮੈਦਾਨ, ਖੇਡ ਦੇ ਮੈਦਾਨ
- playground in Gujarati
- રમતનું મેદાન, ખેલનું મેદાન, રમતનું મૈદાન
- playground in Odia
- ଖେଳ ପଡ଼ିଆ, ଖେଳପଡ଼ିଆ, ଖେଳର ପଡ଼ିଆ
- playground in Sanskrit
- क्रीडाङ्गन krīḍāṅgana
- playground in Nepali
- खेल मैदान, खेलको मैदान
- playground in Tagalog
- palaruan
- playground in Arabic
- مَلْعَب أَطْفَال malʕab ʔaṭfāl
- playground in Malay
- taman permainan
- playground in Thai
- สนามเด็กเล่น sà-nǎam-dèk-lên
- playground in Vietnamese
- sân chơi
- playground in Myanmar
- ကစားကွင်း ka.ca:kwang:
Examples of playground in a sentence
- I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
- Michael had an accident at the playground. I had to take him home and change his clothes.
- Your girl turned up on our doorstep. She was crying about the argument on the playground. We let her vent.
Forms of playground
| plural | playgrounds |
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Origin of playground
From play + ground. Compare Middle English playstede (“playground”) from Old English pleġstede.
Words formed from playground
Phrases with playground
Questions about playground
- What does playground mean?
- Playground means a large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides).
- What is playground in Hindi?
- Playground in Hindi is खेल का मैदान (khel kā maidān), क्रीड़ास्थल (krīṛāsthal). See Playground meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is playground?
- Playground is a noun.
- How do you pronounce playground?
- Playground is pronounced /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of playground?
- The plural of playground is playgrounds.
Words near playground in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: playground (page history and authors); playground (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); playground (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playground (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playground (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playground (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); playground (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); playground (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playground (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playground (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); क्रीडाङ्गन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); playground (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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